I should find a way to quickly remove this blog in case I'm spectacularly wrong, as I was two weeks ago when Auburn played Georgia.

My official pick is Auburn 24, Alabama 17. Interestingly, when the predictions of every Press-Register sports staff member are combined and averaged, the result is the same: Auburn 24, Alabama 17.

This guy was a lot better at predictions than I am.

I don't know whether that's good news for Auburn or not. Conventional wisdom doesn't always apply to this series.

Here is what I wrote for the Press-Register and Associated Press predictions:

Auburn's outlook looked bleak until Alabama's stunning loss to Louisiana-Monroe. The Tigers' defeat at Georgia seems much less serious by comparison. Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp will have two weeks to fix what went wrong against the Bulldogs. The Alabama team of several weeks ago might have been in a position to exploit Auburn's defensive holes. That seems less likely now.